The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. OPERATIONAL AREA. THIS AMERICAN LIBERATOR ON A MISSION OVER THE TANIMBAR ISLANDS WAS ATTACKED BY FIVE ZEROS AND BADLY DAMAGED. PORTION OF THE RETURN TRIP WAS MADE WITH TWO OF THE FOUR ENGINES OUT OF ORDER. WHEN ONLY 200 FEET OFF THE GROUND, THE CREW DUMPED GUNS AND AMMUNITION OVER THE SIDE TO LIGHTEN THE PLANE. 1ST LIEUT. HAROLD G. HEVENER, OF SAN DIEGO, CAL. (PILOT) IST LIEUT. BARNEY E. TRAINOR, OF CHICAGO, ILL. (BOMBARDIER) 2ND LIEUT. JOHN HEATH, OF NANTUCKET, MASS. (CO-PILOT) AND 2ND LIEUT. G. MILDER, OF MUSCATINA, IOWA. (NAVIGATOR). (NEGATIVE BY H. DICK).
NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. OPERATIONAL AREA. THIS AMERICAN LIBERATOR ON A MISSION OVER THE TANIMBAR ISLANDS WAS ATTACKED BY FIVE ZEROS AND BADLY DAMAGED. PHOTO SHOWS, LEFT, 1ST LIEUT. HAROLD G. HEVENER, OF S
DARWIN, NT. 1943-06-22. UNITED STATES "LIBERATOR" AIRCRAFT WHICH LIMPED BACK TO DARWIN AERODROME AFTER BEING SHOT UP BY THE JAPANESE OVER THE ISLANDS NORTH OF AUSTRALIA. CREW FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: BACK
UNITED STATES FIGHTER PILOT, LIEUT. PAUL BROWN WHO IS CREDITED WITH TWO ZERO FIGHTER AIRCRAFT AND A BOMBER OVER NEW GUINEA. LIEUT. BROWN, DURING HIS ENGAGEMENT WITH ONE OF THE ZEROS, COLLIDED WITH THE
BRADFIELD, NSW. PRE EMBARKATION PARADE OF MEMBERS OF THE RAAF CONTINGENT LEAVING FOR THE UK. FLIGHT LIEUTENANT R. RICE, PILOT OFFICERS R. FIRTH, N. HEATH, R. KNIGHT. FRONT ROW: PILOT OFFICERS G. GALWA
TRAINEES, INSTRUCTORS AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF FOR THE AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS FIRST FLYING TRAINING COURSE WHICH BEGAN 1914-08-17. THEY ARE PICTURED IN FRONT OF A BE2A AIRCRAFT IN A HANGAR AT THE CEN
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1969-10. With his armoured vest slung over a shoulder and an M16 automatic rifle and helmet in his hand, Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Barry Dick of Ipswich, Qld, heads for his Si
